Dates

Event

Constructed as an A-4E.
Ordered as A4D-5 but designation changed before completed.

Circa 1963

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 151078.

From By 1964 to 1965

Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.

From 1965 to 1966

Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 121 (VMA-121), MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

1966

Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211), Iwakuni Japa.
Deployed to Chu Lai Air Base, Republic of Vietnam.

12 January 1967

Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 311 (VMA-311), Chu Lai Air Base, Republic of Vietnam.
Operated with markings: WL-2

1 March 1967

Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223), Chu Lai Air Base, Republic of Vietnam.

By 1967

Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211), Chu Lai Air Base, Republic of Vietnam.
Operated with markings: CF-3

From 1969 to 1972

Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 311 (VMA-311), Chu Lai Air Base, Republic of Vietnam.
Operated with markings: WL-6

From Circa September 1970 to May 1972

Base of operations changed.
MCAS Yuma, AZ.

From May 1972 to Circa 1973

Base of operations changed.
Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam.

From Circa January 1973 to 1974

Base of operations changed.
MCAS Yuma, AZ.

1975

Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 131 (VMA-131), NAS Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, PA.
Operated with markings: GQ-03

22 June 1979

Transferred to HQ and Maintenance Squadron 49 (HMS-49) Detachment Willow Grove, NAS Willow Grove, PA.

24 July 1982

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Dayton, OH

1 July 1984

Transferred to Marine Air Group 49 (MAG-49) Detachment Willow Grove, NAS Willow Grove, PA.

Circa 1984

Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 131 (VMA-131), NAS Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, PA.

From 27 January 1988 to 1992

Transferred to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5), NAS Atsugi, Japan.

Circa April 1992

Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Marine Corps.